MIRAMAR R.S.A.

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 142, 17 June 1936, Page 4

MIRAMAR R.S.A.

j A SUCCESSFUL YEAR j SOCIAL ACTIVITIES 1 Although the membership of the - Miramar auxiliary committee of the f Wellington Returned Soldiers' Associa- : tion decreased slightly last year, the t committee continued its activities in E the social life of the suburb and in - assisting unemployed returned soldiers and their dependants. The committee held its annual meeting last evening, when Mr. O. G. Smith presided over ' a small attendance of members, the ; weather being against a good attend- ' ance. 3 The anual report stated that tne membership had decreased from 50 to " 46, but at the same time those recuir- " ing assistance had been reduced from 1 65 to 25. During the year 25 men were 1 given a total of 508 days' work end had been enabled to earn £265, of 3 which £109 was found by the commiti tee as subsidy. In addition, £22 was 0 supplied for assistance. . The year closed with a credit = balance of £84, which, with the ao--5 cumulated funds, gave the auxiliary a 1 balance of £118. The women's auxih--1 ary had expressed the desire that £73 from a fair held in the district should _ form the nucleus of a fund for erecting a clubroom, The committee had received permission from the association's executive to secure a suitable i section, and the subject would be energetically pursued. The chairman, Mr. ' C. O. Bell, having been elected to p the association executive, had resigned j the position, Mr. O. G. Smith, vicee chairman, taking over the position, and r Mr. E. A. Golding taking over that of i vice-chairman. a The following officers were elected:— Patron. Mr. Gordon Harcourt; chairman, Mr. O. G. Smith; vice-chairman, Mr. E. A. Golding; hon. secretary, Mr. ? F. M. Thomson; hon. treasurer, Mr. B. e Climo; committee, Messrs. C. O. Bell, e G. Wilson, E. G. Downs, J. Peach, and e Bertram Potts. . i Mr. Bell, as representative of the ti central executive, addressed the meetb ing on the activities of the asociation. it — e A special road-making tool recently o landed at Gisborne will attract attent tion on the highways,' says the "Povs- erty Bay Herald." It consists of a 1- crawling tractor, fitted .with a special L- "trail-builder" blade which is thrust ? ahead of the power unit. Its special d purposes are slip-clearing and ft formation work, the blade being adjustn able as to height, cant, and angle. By t- its use soil can be formed up to a r > given level, taken out of a cutting, and n moved sidewise to any desired position, o or graded down as the circumstances of the job may require. Tor clearing slips e of any magnitude, grading Up the i- shoulders of bitumen sections, form:s ing deviations, and similar work; it y should prove most valuable, and, moren over, its operation should be econoe mical.